Combined seeder



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A. P. GROVE-R GOMBINEDSEEDEREARROW, AND ROLLER.

No. 286,427. I Patented 001;. 9; 1883.

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COMBINED SEEDER, HARRow, ANn ROLLER.

SFECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,427, dated October 9, 1883.

Application filed June 2,1883. No model.)

To ail whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT 1E. Gnovnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Eureka, in the county of Winnebago and State of "Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Seeder, Harrow, and Roller; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figpres of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in combined barrows, seeders, and rollers, having for its object to cause the automatic dropping of the seed, to thoroughly harrow orpulverize the soil, and to properly embed the seed and pack the earth to promote or hasten the germination of theseed; and it consists in the combination and arrangementof parts, substantially as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a top or plan view of my improved combined harrow, seeder, and roller. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, and Fig. 3 is a front elevation, of the front axle, wheels, and bolster. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the seed-receptacle.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of the same,

and Fig. 6 is' a detail of my invention.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Adesignates a pair of wheels, to the axle A of which the draft is applied by any suitable means.

Upon the axle A is swiveled a bolster, B, upon low studs or blocks a of which is secured the seed-box G. The seed-receptacle is provided with a sloping bottom, as clearly shown in Fig. 4;, to insure the passage of the seed into the seed-apertures 0, arranged in the rear portien of the bottom. A slide, 0, having perforations c c,is arranged to reciprocate,by means of mechanism hereinafter described, upon the bottom of the seed-box C, and is provided with apertures coinciding with like openings in the bottom of the seed-box.

A frame, I), is connected to the bolster B and supported at its front end by a reach, E,wi th a curvature adapted to permit the wheels to turn under it, and-so as to describe any part of or acomplete circle intheir movement inturning the machine. The frame D is supported at its rear end upon the common axle f of a pair of rollers, F F, saidaxle bearing in j ournals f ,seeured to the under side of the frame D. Rigidly secured to the axle f, and to one of the rollers F, is a drum, G, having studs 9, which are adapted to engage with the links of an endless chain, G, which passes around and communicates motion to a drum-shaped cam, H, also having teeth to engage the said chain, and rigidly secured to the shaft 72, journaled in suitable bearings in the framcD. Apulley or band-wheel, h, is also secured to the shaft h, and communicates motion by means of a belt, 7L2, to an eccentric wheel, I, supported upon a bracket, To givethe proper directiontothe lower portion of the belt if to conduct it from the vertical pulley h to the horizontal eccentric wheel I, a pulley, I is suitably disposed with relation thereto. The pulley I is journaled in a standard, I, adjustably connected, by a set-screw, I, passed through aslot, I in the standard, to the frame D. It is obvious that the adjustability of the pulley-standard will permit of regulating thetcnsion of thepulley on the belt. The eccentric wheel I is ecoentrically connected by arod, J, to a bent lever, K, in any one of a series of apertures in said lever. This lever is connected to a short shaft, K, j ournaled in a bracket, K", secured to one end of the seed-box. The shaft K is connected by a pitman, K", to the seed-slide C, which is reciprocated by motion transmitted throughthe shafts, belts, and eccentric wheel from the rollers. The length of the stroke of the seed-slide and quantity of seed discharged are regulated by adjusting the rod J in the apertures in the lever K. A grain-board, L, is secured upon the under side of the seed-slide to sow the seed broadcast into the ground.

The harrows M are of any preferred construction, and are suspended from the frame D by chains or ropes m, and from the plate 0, pivoted up on the frame, by rods a, said rods engaging with eyes formed in the front and back portions of the said plate, as clearly shown. The plate 0 is provided with a yoke, 0, having frictional rolls 0 0,wl1ich impinge upon the side walls of the drum-shaped cams H on the shaft h. An oscillating motion is given to the plate 0 by the cam H acting alternately upon the or pack the ground between the rollers F F.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to reciprocate a seed-slide and bars having harrowteeth by means of cams of different forms, or by a lever operated by a roller having fluted ends which engage with a friction-roller on one end of said lever, the latter being connected with the seed-slide and harrow-frame.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is i 1 In an agricultural implement, the landrollers, drivingbelt, and drum-shaped cam, in combination with the pivoted plate having arms adapted tobe operated by said cam, which is arranged between said plate and the driving-rollers, and the harrows connected to said pivoted plate, at both endsthereof, by rods or equivalent means, substantially as and for the 0 purpose set forth.

2. In an agricultural machine, theland-roller, driving-belt, the drum-shaped cam, and pulley, in combination with the second driving-belt, theeecentric wheel, the connecting- 35 rod, the lever, short shaft, the pitman, the seed-slide, the pivoted plate having a yoke, and the suspended harrows connected by chains or equivalents to the pivoted plate, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 40

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT P. GROVER.

Witnesses:

MILO CARLEY, A. L. H. WALPo'r. 

